24S114PAR - Parallel Computer Systems

Course specification
Course title		Parallel Computer Systems
Acronym		24S114PAR
Study programme		Software Engineering
Module
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		asst. professor PhD Maja Vukasović
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Pavle Vuletić asst. professor PhD Maja Vukasović
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Pavle Vuletić asst. professor PhD Maja Vukasović
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		Computer architecture and organisation I
The goal		Understanding the limits of parallel performance, the parallelism at the instruction level, parallelism of loops, detection and use of parallelism in hardware
The outcome		Profound understanding of superscalar and VLIW processors, optimization for parallel execution in modern compilers and models of parallelism
Contents
Contents of lectures		Parallelism at the instruction level. Data dependencies and data dependency graphs. Trace scheduling. Speculative execution. Parallelism in loops. Loop data dependency graphs. Software pipelining. Vector supercomputers, Very Large Instruction Machines (VLIW) and Superscalar processors.
Contents of exercises		Implementation of ILP optimization algorithms.
Literature
Zoran Jovanovic: Instruction level of parallelism, ATC Avangarda, Belgrade 2006
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2	1
Methods of teaching		Classroom courses, education using simulators, clarifying details of parts of the course after students have learnt those parts
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	30
Practical lessons		40	Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia		30
Seminars		0